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Mecklenburg Brunswick Regional Airport, Virginia

Small airport in Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Mecklenburg Brunswick Regional Airport

Index 71, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Northampton County (NC), 41 miles off.

71Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)71Moderate-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mecklenburg Brunswick Regional Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mecklenburg Brunswick Regional Airport, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 1 AM.

FriSatSun

Airfield

Code
AVC
ICAO
KAVC
IATA
-
Field elevation
441 ft
Serves
Brodnax
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
AVC
Wind now
From 200° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 12:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
01 / 195,002 ft75 ftAsphalt358° / 178°11 mph head, on 194 mph from the right
01192,000 ftN200° 12 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from South Hill/Mecklenburg-Brunswick (AVC), Mecklenburg Brunswick Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

82 F at 12 PM; 82 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 66 F at its coolest, 12 AM.

Now
82F
12 PM
Highest
82F
12 PM
Lowest
66F
12 AM
Temperature and Dew point at South Hill/Mecklenburg-Brunswick, temperature from 65.6 to 81.5, the latest 81.5; dew point from 63.1 to 69.2, the latest 69.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF6065707580853 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 69 F, the air 66% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 12 PM to 99% at 6 AM.

Dew point now
69F
12 PM
Humidity now
66%
Humidity, range
66 to 99%
Relative humidity at South Hill/Mecklenburg-Brunswick, relative humidity from 66 to 99, the latest 66, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%607080901003 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

12 mph from the south southwest at 12 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 12 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
12mph
from the south southwest
Strongest
12mph
12 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at South Hill/Mecklenburg-Brunswick, wind from 0 to 12, the latest 12, in miles an hour.WINDmph0510153 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Wind direction at South Hill/Mecklenburg-Brunswick, wind direction from 20 to 220, the latest 200, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

29.99 inHg at 12 PM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.99inHg
12 PM
3 hours
-0.06inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.18inHg
Pressure, altimeter at South Hill/Mecklenburg-Brunswick, pressure, altimeter from 29.99 to 30.18, the latest 29.99, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9530.0030.0530.1030.1530.203 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 1 miles at 3 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
1mi
3 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at South Hill/Mecklenburg-Brunswick, visibility from 1.3 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
3 AM
Hours with a base reported
20
Lowest cloud base at South Hill/Mecklenburg-Brunswick, lowest cloud base from 200 to 2,400, the latest 800, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0003 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMLIFRIFRMVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
-
Hours with some
0

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

South Hill/Mecklenburg-Brunswick: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Mecklenburg Brunswick Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

measured daily2 instruments

La Crosse 1.7 SVA-MC-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/434 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

John H Kerr DamKERV2

At a dam/15.0 mi away/243 ft/198 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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